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From Rugby, Warwickshire; Went to Marlborough Secondary School; Studied at Rugby College of Engineering Technology; Worked at HM Forces - British Army; Studied at Royal School of Military Engineering; Former Maintenance Technician at International Computers Limited; Former IT Support at GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd; Lives in Letchworth

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Tuesday, 11 June 2013

It's Electric


Eventually solved the mystery of Electrofrog turnouts and DCC! Followed the instructions from my dear friend up north and numerous texts on the internet eventually I succeeded in getting the crossover functioning after a lot of fertiling with the polarity switch!


Nice copper bus bar running full length stripped from an old bit of cooker cable

Wednesday, 5 June 2013

Dunspendin terminus part 2

Just a little update on Dunspendin terminus some track laid and the retaining wall built, I need Oz to come back and redo the end section the brick work is squint!

Sunday, 2 June 2013

Fowler 4F 0-6-0 part two

Looking at the following drawing the chip will need to go in the locomotive and I cannot put pickups on the tender as the wheels are plastic!

Saturday, 1 June 2013

Fowler 4F 0-6-0


Another loco bagged on EBay for £25.99 Airfix LMS class 4F 0-6-0 not in too bad a shape for a 30 odd year model needs a little mechanical TLC body is in near perfect condition. I’ll give it the full service when I chip it.